Saratov pics and news to follow in the next post, I'm a few days behind, sorry! Before my battery goes I just want to tell about the beyootiful irony of the woman sitting beside me on the metro yesterday, she was covered from head to toe in fur (not a rare occurence here) but she was carrying a bag emblazoned with the words 'animal friend'...oh dear!


Josh and the moose try to get over the crippling pain of a broncos defeat....the moose has gone off on a vodka-fuelled bender and hasn't been seen since.


Anna wearing a sleeping bag, all of her clothes and my hat (bobbles are in people, you heard it here first....) in a vain attempt to warm up the next morning.


Clearly the language barrier is getting to Vlad, I don't think he understood the concept of a hair brush...


Josh is clearly delighted at having his hair cut at 3 in the morning after one too many vodka shots!


The free wireless that we were stealing in the flat has dried up so I've had to remove myself to a cafe to rob internet there....it hoits! I'm also way behind with my putting up of pics, these are of Josh's birthday party in his ridiculously underheated apartment, it has warmed up now though!